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Matters of taste, decorum and etiquette...

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Thu Nov 21, 2019 1:39 am
Posted in Crewroom
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by TheGreenGoblin » Wed Nov 20, 2019 4:21 pm » in Crewroom
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Being a bit of an uncouth philistine I am often at a loss in such matters but thought that the genteel folks here might be able to set me right......

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In PNG before independence, Territory formal meant long sleeved white shirt, dark tie, grey or dark lap lap or long trousers, with sandals if wearing...
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Thu Nov 21, 2019 1:39 am
Friday Jokes

Last post by Hydromet « Thu Nov 21, 2019 1:33 am
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by OFSO » Sun Aug 23, 2015 5:28 pm » in Crewroom
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To kick off, here's one that had 'em rolling in the aisles (although I admit it was my Kindergarten aisles.)

There were four skunks: daddy skunk,...

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Thanks Ricardian, I'll use that one next time I'm asked to give a speech at a wedding. That should put a stop to any such nonsense.
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Last post by Hydromet
Thu Nov 21, 2019 1:33 am
Royal Family Soap Opera

Last post by Sisemen « Thu Nov 21, 2019 1:13 am
Posted in Politics & Controversial Topics
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by om15 » Mon Nov 18, 2019 2:08 pm » in Politics & Controversial Topics
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With the recent media reports on Prince Harry and his wife the mystery and magic of our great Royal Family has taken rather knock, in the past the...

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Last post by Sisemen
Thu Nov 21, 2019 1:13 am
The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

Last post by Sisemen « Thu Nov 21, 2019 1:05 am
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by admin » Tue Jul 24, 2018 2:54 am » in Crewroom
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Puggie has it, Westerham it is, well done,

OH declared

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Spent three days in Dumfries and Galloway and it rained only once.

Shoorly you mean it started when you arrived and stopped after you left :D
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Last post by Sisemen
Thu Nov 21, 2019 1:05 am
Boeing in yet another technical pickle!

Last post by larsssnowpharter « Wed Nov 20, 2019 9:26 pm
Posted in Engineering/Technical Discussions
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by TheGreenGoblin » Mon Sep 30, 2019 9:30 am » in Engineering/Technical Discussions
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A pickle fork to be exact

The FAA has ordered operators of some of the hard-working fleet of Boeing 737NGs to conduct inspections for cracks in a...

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Thanks for posting that article from the Atlantic, Capt Slasher.

In the article and in others I have read, there is mention of acolytes of Jack...
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Last post by larsssnowpharter
Wed Nov 20, 2019 9:26 pm
Last two letters start the next word v2.

Last post by bob2s « Wed Nov 20, 2019 9:20 pm
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by admin » Mon Jul 23, 2018 7:41 pm » in Crewroom
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Time to start a new one here as well. When they get too big suspect they slow the site down - database access gets iffy.

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Raven -The Australian raven (Corvus coronoides) is a passerine bird in the genus Corvus native to much of southern and northeastern Australia
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Last post by bob2s
Wed Nov 20, 2019 9:20 pm
Good aviation nostalgia film/documentaries

Last post by ian16th « Wed Nov 20, 2019 8:05 pm
Posted in Military Nostalgia
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by TheGreenGoblin » Sat Nov 09, 2019 9:29 am » in Military Nostalgia
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I watched the following two aviation related documentaries on Amazon Prime recently.

Buzz One Four is probably one of the best aviation related...

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The big question about the P-38 is, how good would it have been if it was fitted with RR Merlins?

Apparently, Hap Arnold sent one to RR for fitting...
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Last post by ian16th
Wed Nov 20, 2019 8:05 pm
The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV

Last post by Woody « Wed Nov 20, 2019 7:55 pm
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by admin » Mon Jul 23, 2018 7:37 pm » in Crewroom
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Time to start a new one, methinks. Enjoy.

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One is trying to be patient. Over the last couple of evenings, Señora Larss and the Sproglettes have put up the Christmas tree, decorated it as well...
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Last post by Woody
Wed Nov 20, 2019 7:55 pm
The New Football Thread

Last post by llondel « Wed Nov 20, 2019 7:52 pm
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by admin » Thu Dec 22, 2016 1:05 pm » in Crewroom
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The new football thread where personal attacks will not be appreciated. Thanks muchly.

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I thought Spurs wanted to improve? I fail to see how Mourinho is an improvement on Pochettino.
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Last post by llondel
Wed Nov 20, 2019 7:52 pm
Rant of the Day v2.

Last post by izod tester « Wed Nov 20, 2019 6:38 pm
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by admin » Mon Jul 23, 2018 7:47 pm » in Crewroom
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This one was getting a bit big too.

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Some years ago Bristol Airport introduced a charge for dropping passengers if they stayed in the drop off area for more than 10 minutes. Later on...
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Wed Nov 20, 2019 6:38 pm
Birthdays

Last post by ricardian « Wed Nov 20, 2019 6:01 pm
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by probes » Wed Sep 02, 2015 9:15 pm » in Crewroom
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Congrats to Pinky! :ymparty:
How do/did you celebrate?

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Happy birthday Slasher!
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Last post by ricardian
Wed Nov 20, 2019 6:01 pm
General Election views

Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana « Wed Nov 20, 2019 5:35 pm
Posted in Politics & Controversial Topics
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by om15 » Tue Oct 29, 2019 6:29 pm » in Politics & Controversial Topics
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I am listening to R4 which is mainly covering the impending election, those being interviewed having various views, but it seems to me that many seem...

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I think most politicians count as undead anyway.
Did someone omit the wooden stake at her burial? ;)))

Esurance provides some handy tips on...
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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Wed Nov 20, 2019 5:35 pm
More nostalgia...

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Wed Nov 20, 2019 4:27 pm
Posted in Rotary Nostalgia
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by Cacophonix » Mon Feb 18, 2019 11:43 pm » in Rotary Nostalgia

C16 will no doubt know what this is.

The bloke in the picture is my cousin.

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Wed Nov 20, 2019 4:27 pm
The Weird Thread...

Last post by Pontius Navigator « Wed Nov 20, 2019 4:09 pm
Posted in Crewroom
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by TheGreenGoblin » Wed Oct 09, 2019 10:39 am » in Crewroom

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A place for stories or experiences or simply anecdotes that seem to defy natural laws e.g. logic, physics in all its guises , chemistry, biology,...

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Our digital kitchen clock used to have an alarm function, a waste of design as it was a walk clock and would have to be taken down to set it. It...

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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Wed Nov 20, 2019 4:09 pm
Climate Disruption.

Last post by BenThere « Wed Nov 20, 2019 2:57 pm
Posted in Politics & Controversial Topics
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by Alisoncc » Mon Jan 08, 2018 2:34 pm » in Politics & Controversial Topics
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On Sunday the temperature at Penrith, Sydney, hit 47.3 degrees Celsius, making it the hottest place on Earth during that 24-hour period. Meanwhile,...

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Back when I was an overnight freight captain flying aged DC-8s, I always maintained I would rather fly with a deferred(inoperative) generator or even...
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Last post by BenThere
Wed Nov 20, 2019 2:57 pm
Any animal killers here?

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Wed Nov 20, 2019 2:38 pm
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by Bull at a Gate » Sun Oct 18, 2015 7:36 am » in Crewroom
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On the other site, where a few of us still visit from time to time, one of our number and I have been discussing the hunting of animals....

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Truly appalling. These hunting people are the scum of the earth.
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Wed Nov 20, 2019 2:38 pm
Sir Tim Clark of Emirates fame admits he now regards climate change as fact...

Last post by ribrash « Wed Nov 20, 2019 2:36 pm
Posted in Aviation Incidents
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by TheGreenGoblin » Wed Nov 20, 2019 1:41 pm » in Aviation Incidents

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The president of Emirates, the biggest long-haul airline in the world, was no climate change denier. But he was pretty sceptical about some of the...

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I think Greta is just the person these climate loonies need.

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Last post by ribrash
Wed Nov 20, 2019 2:36 pm
The US Hamster Wheel

Last post by Boac « Wed Nov 20, 2019 1:11 pm
Posted in Politics & Controversial Topics
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by admin » Sun Nov 13, 2016 4:53 pm » in Politics & Controversial Topics
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Raised the possibility of merging three topics relating to US politics a few days ago, receiving no objections. Just looked at the logistics of doing...

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Have the bone-spurs broken out again?
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Last post by Boac
Wed Nov 20, 2019 1:11 pm
The disgraceful BBC

Last post by probes « Wed Nov 20, 2019 10:14 am
Posted in Politics & Controversial Topics
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by om15 » Wed Jun 12, 2019 5:55 pm » in Politics & Controversial Topics
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In a Radio 4 comedy show the left wing comedian Jo Brand joked that certain politicians deserve battery acid thrown over them instead of milkshakes,...

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...have managed to synthesise a complete replica of our universe which is now stored on some multi-terabyte hard drive ?

Then it is true that...
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Last post by probes
Wed Nov 20, 2019 10:14 am
Proud dad

Last post by Hydromet « Wed Nov 20, 2019 10:12 am
Posted in Crewroom
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by Hydromet » Sun Oct 28, 2018 9:14 pm » in Crewroom
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Woohoo! My daughter passed her PPL today!
I like to think it all started when she was about 10 years old and I bought her a balsa & tissue paper,...

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PPL Slash.
I suspect she'll do it in the states eventually. At present, she just wants to do some recreational flying.
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Last post by Hydromet
Wed Nov 20, 2019 10:12 am
Maude 'Lores' Bonney

Last post by ian16th « Wed Nov 20, 2019 9:49 am
Posted in Fixed Wing Nostalgia
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by TheGreenGoblin » Wed Nov 20, 2019 3:13 am » in Fixed Wing Nostalgia

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Maude 'Lores' Bonney

I had never heard of this woman until today thanks to Google! Shame on me.

Maude Rose ‘Lores’ Bonney, who made history as...

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Not content with her 1933 feat from Australia to the UK, four years later she became the first person to fly solo from Australia to South Africa....

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Last post by ian16th
Wed Nov 20, 2019 9:49 am
Wot's for Tea, Ma?

Last post by Mrs Ex-Ascot « Wed Nov 20, 2019 6:36 am
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by henry crun » Mon Aug 24, 2015 6:01 pm » in Crewroom
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Am sat here at Castle Crun in front of a roaring log fire toasting hand-made crumpets and spreading them with gorgeous creamy local butter. Yummy!...

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In honour of Slasher's 100th birthday, I am going to make sundried tomato risotto. :YMPARTY:

I'll put a portion in the post for you Slasher. :D
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Last post by Mrs Ex-Ascot
Wed Nov 20, 2019 6:36 am
More Political Correctness run amok

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Tue Nov 19, 2019 6:54 pm
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by rgbrock1 » Mon Dec 07, 2015 5:08 pm » in Crewroom
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The cancer of political correctness eating away at the foundation of the American university system has reached a new low. At the University of...

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The late Prince William of Gloucester used to drive around in a Group A single engined steed which proudly bore the registration; G-AWOG.

It was...
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Tue Nov 19, 2019 6:54 pm
Grass-track racing at Bangalore

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Tue Nov 19, 2019 6:36 pm
Posted in Aviation Incidents
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by Boac » Fri Nov 15, 2019 4:20 pm » in Aviation Incidents

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GoAir Airbus 320Neo touches down in ?questionable? visibilty on a Cat 1 approach off to the left of the hard stuff and ingests some of the soft stuff...

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Kempegowda Airport has one runway in use with another under construction.

Runway 09/27: 4,000 by 45 metres (13,123 ft × 148 ft), CAT I, ILS...

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Tue Nov 19, 2019 6:36 pm
RR Trent 1000 Ten engine dramas

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Tue Nov 19, 2019 4:44 pm
Posted in Engineering/Technical Discussions
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by Alisoncc » Mon Nov 18, 2019 1:51 am » in Engineering/Technical Discussions

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Air NZ cancels dozens of Australian flights over Dreamliner engine woes

Air New Zealand is cancelling dozens of international flights in and out...

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Rolls Royce response to the issues

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Tue Nov 19, 2019 4:44 pm

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